Editorial And
Some Intangible Ideals
The com in un ity deverapaacn t program, as sponsored by
the agricultural agencies irt this county and in other North
Carolina counties is prbbf that ruVal people are interested
in growth and improvement in all areas of rural living.
Ruth Current, state home demonstration agent, explains
that rural families today are doitig more than improving
homes, or doing other tangible things in their conhnUnities.
“Through the community development program,“ she
says, “rural people strive for the development of social, eco
nomic, education, and religious activities of the community.
They work for improvement and development of schools,
churches, roads, communications, and other projects through
. the cooperative efforts of community citizens."
“It is through this program," continues Miss Current,
“that rural citizens are striving for the development and util
ization of leadership. These people are giving active support
to adult and youth organizations and activities as well as
working for the beautification of the community.”
Perhaps one of the most important aims of the com
munity development efforts throughout North Carolina, is
that the program can lead toward building better citizens
by building interest in tire community, promoting good
neighborliness and encouraging good will among all com
munity 'people. - . '
* The peoples, and the communities of Orange County
are .setting a good example in these efforts and there are
ample signs that these efforts are bearing fruit. We are proud
of the accomplishments that are being added each year and
commend this progressive community spirit to our other
than rural citizens.
No Place For Flimsy or Whimsy
A considerable amount of controversy is being aired
about school-building costs. The Reader’s Digest published
a story that compared a number of schools and drew the
•conclusion dm many cost too much, ftenry Luce's magazine, -
Architectural Forum, replied with a rebuttal that said mis
taken complaints about costliness are given taxpayers the
‘‘synthetic jitters."
We certainly don’t intend to add to the confusion, but
it seems a good time to cite some facts that have come out of
the argument We re going to need many hew schools to
meet the educational challenge that Russia has flung at us.
lo get them, we need some common-sense definitions of
what we mean by costliness. ---- -
We believe that school - building is one area in which
w e should stop u s ing to cut corners, just so long as we knots
we’re paying for hopest educational facilities. A science class
room isn’t a "frill," and, judging by the military physical fit
ness reports on our youth, neither is a gymasium. We think
it's a frill to build old-fashioned parapets or otherwise ape
the monumental design of the past. It's also a frill to put
up with more recent fakeries like oversized expanses M glass
that have to be covered with draperies and blinds.
There's no doubt that money can be saved by sound de
sign. Even more can be saved by long-range planning and
use of proven-twawioh' ■wri^ wim4c mwltairii. By plamiing
ahead, sites can be bought more cheaply, jobs can be bid ac
curately. and contracts aren’t dumped together on a saturat
ed building market. By building soundly with sturdy brick
and stone, using local contractors and rhe community labor
force, buildings can l>e put up that cost no more than so
called “portable" structures and a lot of money can be saved
in long-term maintenance add fire safety
Building schools is a lot like being married. You get
Out of it just what you put into it, and it isn’t the initial in
vestment But the annual cost that counts.
The Boy Scouts' Birthday
- Light forty-eight candles on a-birthday cake. The Boy
~ Scouts of America has now reached that milesfbne. Through
■ the years more than"26,500,000 Americans have been influ
eiittd by the Scout program. One out of every two boys in
America is in Scouting some time during his Stout-age yeat.
There is hardly a family in Orange County that has not
fek Sc outing s influence. Here is the largest youth move
ment in. the history of the world in which youth participates
voluntarily.
This is all made possibly because more than one million
two hundred thousand men and women over the country
think it worth their while to invest their time, their efforts,
and their energy in the interest of training our youth in
character and qualities of good citizenship. ,
Scouting's appeal is that of a program of fun and ad
venture in each of its thi*ee age levels. Cub Scouting for boys
eight, nine, and ten; Boy Scouting For those-eleven through
thirteen, and Exploring for those over fourteen years of age.
Probably no program has done more to strengthen home
( life than has Cub Scouting. Each riiohth some two million
parents go with their sons to pack meetings and share their
son’s enthusiasm as they work together on Cub Sccnit pro
jects.
In troops a Boy Scout learns to share decisions, work
with others, do his part, and to be a leader—all basic ele
ments of good citizenship. Couricil camps vahred at $52 mil
lion provide opportunities for man-making adventure and
perfection of Scouting skills.
Each of you has many reasons to join in celebrating
Scouting’s birthday.
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district .... and others have oth
er interests or insurmountable
competition.
Perry Martin of Rich Square,
for instance, is running for solici
tor: James Poyner of Raleigh just
isn’t running;'Cutter Moore Is on •
the State Highway Commission;
and Robert CoWan of Williamston
has taken a position in Washing
ton. So it goes. /■
Some half-dozen senators being '
rotated out of their positions are
expected to run for the House—
and three or four representatives
will run for the Senate. AU in all,
however, we should have about ICO
of the total of 170 members of
House and Senate back for action
in 1999. Friends are urging ’57
Speaker Kemp Doughton to fun
again. For *59 members . . Main
problem facing them: where to
get more mo^ey. How’
THE NEW NAME . . Some of
the population experts say that the
Big City of the South 25 years
hence will be one composed of
Winston-Salem. Greensboro, and
High Point, YOU can hardly tell
now when you leave High Point
and arrive in Greensboro. It’s al
most as bad between the Twin
City and High Point. Although
Thomasville was not named, we
find it Impossible to tell where
High Point ends and Thomasville
begins.
^ The i960 census is expected to
' show this immediate area with a
population of over a quarter-of-a
million people. The city should
have one^jiame. However. Greens
boro won’t permit it to be named
Winston or Salem, or Thomasville.
or High, or Point, and Winston-Sal
em won't consider Greensboro for
a name . . or Thomasville ... or
High Point. Also, the cities em
brace three counties: Guilford.
Forsyth, and Davidson—or a por
tion of each.
Now, since one city Hes near
each oT the Tour and since tUb TCftr
can't agree on a name, we would
suggest Keroersville as the title
for the South's Big New City .
with suburbs of Greensboro, Wins
ton-Salem. Thomasville. and High
Point!
PROCESSING . . . In consider
ing new industry for your com
munity. give more thought to set
ting up a processing plant and
less to bringing one of the New
England giants to your area. Not
that the latter isn’t fine—but it's
rough, tbugti competition. A lot of
times it .doesn't work out as. you
tjhqught it would.
... Think of what is being grown in
your section. Then check on the
amount of the same thing being
brought in from other states. Why?
Because you have not had the get
up-and-go to establish a processing
plant.
On February 23-24 at tjie Re
tailers Activities Clinic in Chapel
Hill, Charles Qaylord of Williams
ton is .going to lay down for those
attending a blueprint of how they
established a new industry in Wii
liamston. You should attend . . .
and go home and do likewise.
The Small Industries Division of
the Department of Conservation
and Development—as ah illustra
tion—says that with proper culti
vation, professing, etc., the area
within 100-mile radios of White
vine could feed the entire urea of
the Nation lying east of the Missis
sippi River ....
Canter Unit Leader
Issues Local Appeal
For White Materials
Mrs. K. M. Brlnkhous, President
of the Orange County Unit of the
America Cancer Society, makes an
appeal to the residents of this coun
ty askihg that they turn in fold
white materials such as sheets,
table clothes, napkins, and other
tied linens to the office of Phil J.
rhomas in Hillsboro. '
According to Mrs. Brlnkhous
these materials which are no longer
usable in the home, have a valuable
use to the American Cancer Society,
These materials are washed, then
cut and made into cancer dressings.
Volunteers throughout the county
make our dressings and such dress
ings are then distributed free to ahy
cancer patient who may need this
tyfce of service, <
By SENATOR W. KERR SCOTT
Unemployment in North Caro
lina—and the entire Nation—has
reached the point where Congress
may have to take drastic action.
The latest figures available from
the U. S. Department of Labor
show that 21,483 more people in
North Carolina are receiving un
employment compensation than a
year ago. This by no means re
flects the _ entire ' unemployment
picture In i^jc state, because many
thousands of workers are hot eli
gible rot unemployment tfeneras.
From the best information I
have been able to get. it is ap
parent that the Industrial areas Of
the state are suffering just as
much as, if not more than, the
predomlnatly farm sections.
These are some examples:
In Asheville, unemployment Is
up 13 per cent over a year ago.
In Charlotte, it’s up 16 per cent,
Greensboro. 11.4 per cent, Wins
ton-Salem. 15.$* per cent and just
a fraction of one per cent in Dur
ham.
The Department of Labor also
lists the following areas as having
“substantial" labor surpluses:
Fayetteville, Kinston, Mt. Airy.
Rocky Mount, Rutherfordton, For
est City, Shelby, Kings Mountain
and Wayne8vilie.
One major factor that does not
show up in the actual unemploy
ment figures is the increasingly
large numbers of people, especial
ly in the industrial centers, who
are working short work-weeks,
When all the facts are put to
gether. giving due consideration
to the sharp drop in fafrn income,
it is not surprising that last
month's state revenues took a sev
ere drop of some $390,000.
From all indications, things may
get w&rse before they get better.
This, In my opinion, is where
Congress mast stand ready to take
quick, drastic action to correct
NOTICE '
* Notice is hereby given that,
upon request of all the adjoining
property owners, action will be
taken by The Board of Commiss
ioners of Orange County, North
Carolina, at its Regular Meeting of
March 3, 1958, to close Plney Lane
for the one block between Wfest
Hill Avenue and Ruffin Avenue as
shown on the Plat of West Hill
Property of Mason Griswold and
Company, recorded in Orange
County Registry in Plat Book 2.
page 72.
This the 1st day of February,
1958. ■ n:i
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
of Orange Cdunty, N. Carolina -
By: Betty June Hayes,
Clerk of the Board
2b 4tc
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE
Having qualified as Administra
tor of the Estate of Eli B. Rogers,
late of Orange County, North Car
olina. this is to notify all persons
having 'claims against the Estate
of said Deceased to exhibit them
to the Undersigned on or before
the 29th day of January, 1959, of
this Notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery. All persons in
debted -to said Estate will please
make immediate payment.
This the 29th, day of January,
1958.
- BONNER ©, SAWYER Ad
ministrator of thil Estate of
Eli. B. Rogers, Deceased,
Hillsboro, N. C.
2b Btp
what could turn into a critical
economic crisis on very short no
rtec -;■■■.-—.——'
It may take too long for the ad
ditional money that is now being
pumped into our defense system
to have the desired effects on our
overall economy. '
The decision, then, and one that
must be made very soon, is whe
ther we should begin a public
works program, lower taxes, in
crease agricultural expenditures
or inffi other steps that would give
our general economy a blood
transfusion.
1 am stin open-minded as to what
direction we should take to do the
job. but do feel we have to de
cide very soon and set' about the
job without delay.
P
Jack Gilmore's
In spite of the unusual cold' of
thO past few weeks, the daffodils
are ready to burst Into bloom on
the first warih day. Garden clubs
are ahnouhclng plans for their daf
fodil shows and the seed catalogs
continue to come in. So, spring Is
really Just around the corner.
At the first opportunity I am go
ing tp find out what Katherine
knight is planting new this year.
She always eomes up with some
thing new and lovely. She realty
reads her seed catalogs and orders
something that we have never
grown before in Hillsboro.' Last
year she grew Ahchura. At one
time this hardy perennial grew
In Several Hillsboro gardens, in
cluding my own, but somehow 1
had tost my plants and had for
«gotten Just how beautiful this ex
quisite .blue flower is. Katherine
uses 4 hehvy mulch on her borders
and consequently keeps them free
of weddjj, and the moisture is held
to the root systems of her plants.
Her borders are a Hot of color.
She has many different varieties
of daffodils and has wph blue and
red ribbons for their beauty in
daffodil shows in Durham, Chapel
Hill and Roxboro. But her peren
nials arc a Joy to behold so I must
dirt out and See Just What is going
on in her garden. I'll report later
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE .
Having qualified as administra
tor of the estate of Robert Teh-ell,
deceased, late of Orarge County.
North Carolina, this is to notify all
persons having claims against the
ftState of said deceased to exhibit
them to the nfcdeftighed at Efland.
N. C., on or before the 16th day of
January, 1996, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery.
Alt persons indebted to said estate
i»/ill please make immediate pay
ment.
This the 10th day of January, 1938.
A. B. KENYON, Administra
tor of the Estate of Robert
Tertell
. 1*;« 6TC
A national survey shows that 85
per cent of farms lack water to
supply a ruraal ifre department.
Be sure to clean fallen leaves
md trash from-roof gutters. -
Koto Th. Ch.p.1 Hill N«w, Lad,r
General And Uniform
It is plain by now that one of the great
debates of 1958 will center around reform of
the United States educational system.
Certain changes will be demanded in or
der to meet the Russian advance in techni
cal achievement.
If emotion rather than objective inquiry
is foremost, and if we try to cover up a hole
by filling it with money, only small, if any,
improvement will result
We have to start from this situation: Ah
of a sudden we have been compelled to rec
ognize the importance of schools. Hitherto
the American people, despite oratory, have
not been really interested in education- They
have kept the schools in the position of poor
relatives, hating to support them properly,
groaning over school taxes, and scantly pay
ing teachers.
On the parent side school matters have
been left almost entirely to wives an<^ 1110th
< rs. Male parents have acted as if they didn t
care what happened to, their children1 once
they were behind school doors. -
- In short, the schools have been largely neg
lected—too often with these'results: superfic
iality; routine, boredom, and ten times as
much attention to athletics and extra-curric
ular activities as to studies.
Now we suddenly have all sorts of doctors
coming forward with cures. In North Caro
lina we have turned our eyes on our own
schools. One suggestion worth study comes
from Terry Sanford, former State Senator,
campaign manager for Senator Kerr Scott,
and now a possible candidate Tor the gover
nor’s seat. ^ .
He wants the rural sthols brought up to
the level of town schools, saying: “The
schools which do not measure up because of
inadequate state and local funds are blights
on a state whose proud educational boast is
‘a, general and uniform system of public
schools.' ... I believe we can have another
crusade for public education equal to the
criisadp nf < ;nvernnr Aymrlr ** ~ ~
One of the advantages which town schools
have enjoyed lies in better facilities and
equipment for certain studies. Particularly is
this true as regards science and technical
courses. 1 hese are the very studies
are about to receive* redoubled
How are small, weak, and
schools to meet this demand?
The instinct and,feeling 0{
keep these small schools intact
ate local. We can’t ignore this
but we can take advantage of
arranging a system of promotion
the gifted pupils in local schools C;
moted to higher schools, and tlie|
schools can promote their best sti
to the colleges and universities.
We have tried to keep our
system Itorizontal, that is, we have
“general and unifqrm” to mean
same level- Its weaknesses have
apparent. We might do better bt
the system vertical like a ladder.,
and rungs to be sunmounted. only
fitted by nature arid training to
elevation. -
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HOME AGENT'S CORNER
by Jessie Trowbridge and Kathryn Pritchett
Httitic Demonstration Schedule
Thursday, February 13 at 9:30 —
Conference on World Affairs at
Chapel Hill
Thursday, February 13 at 7:3o—
Buckhorn Club with Mrs. W. B.
Shambley
Monday, February 17 at 2:00 —
New Hope Club with Mrs, A. J.
Freeland
Tuesday, February 18 at 7:30 —
Antioch Road Club with Mrs. Myron
Lloyd.
Wednesday. February 19 at 2:30—
Mt: Carmel Club with Mrs. Hugh
Holleman
Thursday, February 20 at 10:00—
Music Training School at Schley
Orange Graham Hall
4-11 Schedule
'Thursday, February 13 —Hills
boro Jr. I — 8:45; Hillsboro Jr. II
—9:40 and Hillsboro Sr. — 10:47
Friday. February 14 — Carrboro
—9:00, White Cross — 10:30 and
Chapel Hill Jr. High — 1:30
World Affairs
The 8th Annual World Affairs Con
ference Is being held in Chapel Hill
today. The theme Is Mutual Under
standing in the Nuclear Age. Home
Demonstration women and others
from over the state will be there.
I hope that you will be there too.
Do we take advantage of the op
portunities that# are offered to us
who live in Orange County’
H D Meeting
Circle April 29 on your calender.
Keep that date for the meeting of
the 14th District Federation of Home
Demonstration Clubs. The planning
committee met at the Institute of
Pharmacy in Chapel Hill last week.
The District meeting will be In the
Agricultural Building at Pittsboro.
More about the program later.
Open House
You are invited to an “Open
House” at the Homestead Commun
ity Building Sunday, February 16
from 3 until 5 o’clock. This build
ing has just been completed. It is
the result of planning, cooperation,
and a lot of hard work.
Music lovers from Orange.' Dur
ham. Caswell, Alamance, Chatham,
and Person will have a get-together
at Schley Grange Hall February 20.
pr. Arnold Hoffman, Department
of Public Instruction, will conduct
this Spring Music School. You who
have been to the training schools
undbr the direction of Dr. Hoffman
and his staff will be looking forward
to this day. Let’s start at 10 o'clock.
Finals details are about complete
for the Rural Progress Program
for 1958. The Advisory Boards in
the eight communities are meeting
this month to study suggested plans
for the program, to select projects,
and to elect chairmen.
An eftthusiastic adult 4-H leader
can contribute much in helping a
4-H youngster do a better job with
her 4-H project. Mrs. Pauline Crav
en. Mrs. Hurley Dickey, and Mrs.
Ellzageth Hodge received training
this past Saturday and will be help
ing 4-H girls at West Hillsboro with
Iheir dairy foods demonstrations.
Although these women work away
from home, they ate willing to do
their part in helping youngsters
with dairy foods demonstrations.
t ' -►>
The names of girls who are en
tering the Poultry Princess Con
test are corning in. The judging will
be February 13.
V Gems of Thought
reward
The reward of one duty ii the
power to fulfil another.—-George
Eliot
We receive but what we give.
—Coleridge
Perhaps the reward of the spirit
who tries is not the goaf but the
exercise—E. V. Cooke
The reward of a thinff well
done, is to have done it.~
Emerson
. , . , ■ ■ ..
Consciousness of right ■ doing
brings its own reward; but not
amid the smoke of battle is mer
it seen and appreciated by look
ers on.—(Mary Baker Eddy
No man, who continues to add
something to the material, in
tellectual, and moral* well being
of the place Hn which he lives, is
left long without proper reward
Cooker T. Washington
LEGAL N0T1Q
NOTICE OF REM
NORTH CAROLINA
ORANGE COUNTY
i .• „ In The Superior 0
Before The Celt
Etta Ward, et al.
Petitioners,
-vs
James Truitt, ct al,
Defendants.
Under and by virtue of
of the Clerk of the Supei
of Orange County, mid
Special Proceeding pen
titled Etta Ward, et al,
Truitt, et al: and und«
virtue of an order .of r«
an advance bid made i
Clerk, the under-ignel
ioner will on the 17th d*
ruary, 1958. at twelve od
at the door of the Com
Hillsboro, North Carol!
for sale to tin h;.:hU'
cash upon an opening
ELEVEN THOUSAND
HUNDRED KICK A NO
705.00 DOLLARS, bat t
the confirmation of the
certain tract or parcel t
ing and boinu in Ced
Township. Orange Coul
Carolina, and more P
described as follows:
BEGINNING at a rock!
east corner of lots
Riley by €. C. Smitl
' North the line of said
deg. W. f2 chs 13 fits1
th£ Southeast corner '
Riley’s lot; thence &
and 85 Iks. to a rod
North of a rock t'hasOI
William Dollars corner,
12 chs. 45 Iks- ,n P°'n*
iam Aldridge cornen
West to the first
ing 26 8/10 acres and,"
land deeded to saidB
by C': C. Smith and
Smith his wife. April
and recorded in t"e
the Register of Oee
ange County n Pef“
page 74.
Tract No. 2: A certa®
parcel of land in &
Township, Orange foul
Carolina, adjoining : *
P. A. Riley. 3ohn ■
heirs and others and
follows: On the East
"■feroks, on the N°rt"
Riley, on the We.-t b>
and on the South >’
Cracken heirs and cot
acres, more or less
A TEN.HOC T’KR
nosit will be require
day of the sale,
This the 1st day o'
1958.
I*EE
Coinwi*8